News from Scotland

A tram project for Edinburgh may not be finished for another two years, it has emerged.

A Labour MP is facing deselection after the party's executive agreed to allow a vote on her future.

A head teacher found to have embezzled around £3,000 from his school has been struck off after a panel deemed his conduct "reprehensible and disgraceful".

Assaults on police officers have jumped by more than 600 in a year, official figures showed today.

Police searching for a woman who vanished on a night out have found a body in undergrowth.

Detectives investigating a gangland execution in a supermarket car park have said they were keen to trace a van driver who may have important clues.

Ministers have set out their vision for Scotland to lead the world in using new technology to reduce carbon emissions.

Cutting class sizes for younger pupils has been "more difficult" to implement than expected, Education Secretary Mike Russell said.

An SNP minister has signalled a re-think over plans to ask "intrusive" census questions on how much people earn.

The new logo for the 2014 Commonwealth Games resembles a design produced for an arts organisation several years ago, it has emerged.

A woman whose medical records were transferred to another surgery without her knowledge has spoken of her anger over the mistake.

A whisky boss said that minimum pricing for alcohol could lead to 300 jobs losses in his company and the closure of a bottling plant.

Opportunities to harness the global demand for Scotland's multi-million-pound seafood industry will be discussed at Holyrood.

Education Secretary Mike Russell faces a grilling from MSPs over Government plans to cut class sizes for younger pupils.

Plans to introduce a minimum price for alcohol would be "disastrous", a leading drinks manufacturer will warn.

Detectives searching for a missing mother will stage a reconstruction of her movements on the night she disappeared to jog people's memories.

Prime Minister Gordon Brown has sent his "sincere condolences" to the family and friends of three asylum seekers who died in an apparent suicide.

The number of Scots who have lost all their teeth was branded a "depressing indictment" of the nation's dental health.

A father, mother and her son who plunged to their deaths from a block of flats had their application for asylum from Canada rejected by UK authorities, it was claimed.

More than 2,000 people were arrested during a two-month crackdown on domestic violence, Scotland's biggest police force has said.